Who Will Replace Colbert at Comedy Central?

Channel Scrambles to Find a Successor Who Can Rival Jon Stewart in Appeal

By

Merissa Marr

April 11, 2014 6:58 p.m. ET

Reminiscing about his soon-to-be ex-colleague Stephen Colbert on Thursday night, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart showed a classic clip of a young Colbert back in the days when he was a correspondent on Mr. Stewart's "The Daily Show."

"There's an allegation the prince had a gay experience?" Mr. Stewart asks a supposedly London-based Mr. Colbert in the clip. "Not gay Jon, aristocratic. It is a different culture...